alternative to oil for lubrication

[jives]

Hi all;
Putting the new zero turn away for the winter with the usual maintenance. Cleaned it up, Stabil, oil change/filter, and greased it (with new Alemite grease gun!), and then went to place oil in all the little friction spots as recommended in the user's manual. Problem is, most are hard to access, so I sprayed on some lubricant (PB Blaster Multipurpose Lubricant) that was much easier to get into the tight spots.

Question. . .will this suffice? Is there a better choice than squirting 10W-30 on the moving parts?

 

[SGKent]

I use white lithium spray grease for things like that. It is a light grease. Or you can get an oiler like appliance people use that has a long telescoping spout. This one is sold at Home Depot.

 

[pcmeiners]

Hexagonal Boron Nitride or Teflon powder will substitute for petroleum based lubes in many instances. Boron Nitride is good for high temperature, (>2500°F whereas Teflon is good to around 500° ). Also Teflon is loses lubrication characteristic unless it is in an extremely thin film.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02726351.2013.779336?journalCode=upst20

 

[rlitman]

I use white lithium spray grease for things like that. It is a light grease...

Same here.

Hexagonal Boron Nitride or Teflon powder will substitute for petroleum based lubes in many instances.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02726351.2013.779336?journalCode=upst20

Dry lubes have their places, and they excel in dusty environments where you don't want to attract dirt. But they don't prevent corrosion from exposure to wet stuff (like grass clippings), so this may still call for grease or oil.

 

[Lassen Forge]

How about good old silicone spray? Lots of times that works where oil will not.

 

[sberry]

You did good, spray some pee stuff on it.

 

[bwringer]

Chain lube works well for this sort of stuff. The modern type of chain lube, I mean, not the old messy greasy ****.

It goes on thin and then turns into a waxy substance when the carrier evaporates. The waxy stuff stays put much better than oil, doesn't make a mess or attract dirt, and is an excellent lubricant for sliding stuff.

DuPont makes my favorite chain lube, but they also make a "Dry Film Lubricant" that's darn near the same stuff specifically for things like this. Chain lube is just what I always have around.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07L6X5HL5/?tag=atomicindus08-20


Looks like the PB Blaster brand stuff you used is about the same.